Easy Access—Resources for Faculty and Staff June 2018

Three recommendations to assist in your pursuit of accessibility this summer:

1. Would you benefit from one-on-one assistance from a Disability Services team member in making your course materials accessible? A limited number of appointments are available in June and July. Visit http://bit.ly/AccessMC to schedule an appointment.
2. Hoonuit (previously Atomic Learning on Bb, available via Brightspace) offers many excellent accessibility training videos.

• Login to Brightspace at https://brightspace.meredith.edu
• Open the “Help” pull-down menu (top left)
• Select “Hoonuit Alternate Search”
• Type any of the following into the “Search” field. Once you choose a video, you don’t have to watch the entire video; you may select only the topics that interest you.
  • Creating an Accessible Syllabus (22 minutes)
  • Word 2010 – Creating Accessible Documents Training (42 minutes)
  • PowerPoint 2010 – Creating Accessible Presentations Training (28 minutes)
  • Office Suite 2010 – creating Accessible Documents Training (1-1/4 hour)
  • Brightspace 10.7 Daylight – Instructor (skim the different modules—e.g. “Adding Course Content” and “Grades”—to determine which will be helpful.)

3. Excellent online resources:

• Creating Accessible Microsoft Word 2013 Documents (Windows) (http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/word2013.php)
• Creating Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Presentations (Windows) (http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/powerpoint2013.php)
• PDF Conversion in Microsoft Word 2007/2010 Documents (http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/pdf.php)

Additional free resources for creating accessible content are available from The National Center on Disability and Access to Education here (http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/).

The Social Security Administration offers a useful 508 Accessibility Checklist at http://bit.ly/SSAMSWord.

Best quote of the month:  “What should I do to comply? A good rule of thumb is to make sure all new content you create is accessible from the start. Then, develop a schedule to get existing content into compliance.” (From: The New 508 Compliance Rule – What it Means for Video in Higher Ed)